Dr. Nicole Caridad Ralston
Director, Education & Programming She/Her
Dr. Nicole Caridad Ralston is the Director of Education and Programming at Beloved Community where she supports the team in strategy, processes and visioning as it relates to Beloved’s content, curriculum, and facilitation services. In her previous career in higher education, she developed retention and community engagement initiatives, built social justice education programs, taught courses on the white savior complex, and led the undocumented student support committee. She is devoted to creating spaces where those who have been pushed to the margins can be centered, seen and heard. As a multiracial Latina, and daughter of Cuban refugees, her dedication to inclusion is personal.
Dr. Ralston’s doctoral research focused on how women of color in higher education navigated their identities in their leadership roles. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor at The University of New Orleans graduate school where she teaches, “Diversity in Higher Education”. She is also an alumni of the Social Justice Training Institute, 4.0 Schools Essentials, Stand’s Educational Leadership Institute, and the Progressive Change Campaign’s Training. Locally, she serves on the board of the ACLU and is a doula to local moms. In her free time, she shares her New Orleans food adventures on her Instagram @eatenpathnola!